James C. Corman
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James C. Corman was an American Democratic congressman from California known for his work on civil rights, urban issues, and social welfare legislation during the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James C. Corman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9830192 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James C. Corman Context triple: [National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, member, James C. Corman]
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A.
John Seitz
John Seitz was an American cinematographer renowned for his influential work in classic Hollywood cinema, particularly in film noir and science fiction.
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B.
Charles Roven
Charles Roven is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood blockbusters, including Christopher Nolan’s films such as Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight trilogy.
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C.
Brian Van Holt
Brian Van Holt is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Black Hawk Down" and "Den of Thieves" as well as the TV series "Cougar Town."
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D.
John Hyams
John Hyams is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in action and horror, including the series "Black Summer" and entries in the "Universal Soldier" franchise.
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E.
Michael Dorman
Michael Dorman is an Australian actor known for his roles in television series such as "For All Mankind," "Patriot," and "The Secret Life of Us."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James C. Corman Target entity description: James C. Corman was an American Democratic congressman from California known for his work on civil rights, urban issues, and social welfare legislation during the mid-20th century.
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A.
John Seitz
John Seitz was an American cinematographer renowned for his influential work in classic Hollywood cinema, particularly in film noir and science fiction.
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B.
Charles Roven
Charles Roven is an American film producer known for his work on major Hollywood blockbusters, including Christopher Nolan’s films such as Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight trilogy.
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C.
Brian Van Holt
Brian Van Holt is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Black Hawk Down" and "Den of Thieves" as well as the TV series "Cougar Town."
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D.
John Hyams
John Hyams is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in action and horror, including the series "Black Summer" and entries in the "Universal Soldier" franchise.
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E.
Michael Dorman
Michael Dorman is an Australian actor known for his roles in television series such as "For All Mankind," "Patriot," and "The Secret Life of Us."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Corman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights
ⓘ
social welfare policy ⓘ urban policy ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| name | James C. Corman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for civil rights
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advocacy for urban development programs ⓘ support for social welfare programs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
civil rights legislation
ⓘ
social welfare legislation ⓘ urban issues legislation ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | liberal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives from California ⓘ |
| represented | a congressional district in California ⓘ |
| residence |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: James C. Corman Description of subject: James C. Corman was an American Democratic congressman from California known for his work on civil rights, urban issues, and social welfare legislation during the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.